(Answered)-Is this an example of independent sample test or a paired sample - (2025 Updated Original AI-Free Solution

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1. Is this an example of independent sample test or a paired sample test? Why
2. It has long been contended that particular news organizations employ polling firms whose results tend to support that organization?s political stance.? For example, consider the following sample of concurrent Fox/Rasmussen and NBC/WSJ poll results assessing congressional approval ratings during the first year of the Obama administration.? The belief is that NBC/WSJ polls tend to slant to a more liberal political viewpoint, and hence their estimated approval ratings for the Democratically-controlled congress will tend to be higher as compared to Fox/Rasmussen (which is believed to tend more conservative).? Here are the data (as percentages):